טירה

Hebrew

Root
ט־ו־ר (ṭ-w-r)
2 terms

Pronunciation

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Noun

טִירָה • (tirá) f (plural indefinite טִירוֹת, singular construct טִירַת־, plural construct טִירוֹת־)

1. castle
   • Tanach, Song of Songs 8:9:

     אִם־חוֹמָ֣ה הִ֔יא נִבְנֶ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ טִ֣ירַת כָּ֑סֶף

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References

• H2918 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “טירה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• טירה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Judeo-Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin terra, from Proto-Italic *terzā, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-eh₂, from *ters- (“dry”).

Noun

טירה (/terra/) f (plural טירי (/⁠terri⁠/))

1. earth, ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea)
   • 1484, תרגום איטלקי לסדור מנהג רומה [Italian translation of the Roman Rite Siddur]‎^[1] (manuscript), Leaf 2-v, lines 8–11, The Palatina Library, Cod. Parm. 1989:

     דוֹמֵדֶּת סֽוֹלוֹ טוּ פַֿצֵיֽשְטִי לִיצֵיֽלִי אֵי לַטֵיֽרָּה אֵילִיצֵיֽלִי דֵי לִיצֵיֽלִי אֵי טֽוּטַה לֽוֹשְטַה לֽוֹרוֹ אֵילַה טֵיֽרַּה אֵי טֽוּטוֹ קְוֵיֽלוֹ קְאֵי סֽוֹפְרֵי דְאֵיֽסַה (Judeo-Florentine)

     ḏōmedɛṯ sōlō ṭū faṣēšəṭī līṣēlī ʔē laṭērɔ̂ ʔēlīṣēlī ḏē līṣēlī ʔē ṭūṭâ lōšəṭâ lōrō ʔēlâ ṭērâ ʔē ṭūṭō qəwēlō qəʔē sōp̄ərē ḏəʔēsâ

     /Domeddeo, solo tu facesti li celi e la terra; e li celi de li celi, e tutta l'osta loro; e la terra, e tutto quello ch'è sopre d'essa./

     Lord, you alone created the heavens and earth; and the heavens of the heavens, and their whole host; and the land, and everything upon it.

   • 16^th century, “בראשית [Genesis]”, in [untitled work]‎^[2] (manuscript), translation of תּוֹרָה [tōrɔ̂, Torah] (in Biblical Hebrew), chapter 1, verse 1, Bodleian Library MS. Canonici Or. 10:

     נֵיל פְרֵינְצִפִיאוֹ קְרֵיאוֹ אידיאוֹ לִי צֵלִי אֵי לָה טֶירָה׃

     nēl p̄ərēnəṣip̄īʔō qərēʔō ʔyḏyʔō lī ṣelī ʔē lɔ̂ ṭɛ̄rɔ̂.

     /Nel prencipio, creò Iddio li celi e la terra./

     In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

2. land, country, region
   • 16^th century [750–450 BCE], “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ [/Lu lìbero de Yirəmiyáhū/, The Book of Jeremiah]”, in נְבִיאִים [Neviìm, Prophets]‎^[3] (manuscript), translation of נְבִיאִים [Nəḇīʔīm, Prophets] (in Biblical Hebrew), archived from the original on 15 May 2024, chapter 7, verse 22, leaf 2, right page, lines 20–22:

     קֵי נוּן פַֿאוֵילַאיִי קוּן לִי פַאטֵירִי ווּסְטֵירִי אֵי נוּן קוּמַאנַאיִי אֵיסִי אִין דִי דֵי לוּ פַֿארֵי יִישִירֵי אִייוֹ אֵיסִי דַא טֵירַה דֵי מִיצְרַיִמ פֵיר קַאווּסִי דֵי קַאסְטוֹ אֵי סַאקְרֵיפִֿיזִיאוֹ׃ (Judeo-Roman)

     qē nūn faʔwēlaʔyī qūn lī p̄aʔṭērī wūsəṭērī ʔē nūn qūmaʔnaʔyī ʔēsī ʔīn ḏī ḏē lū faʔrē yīšīrē ʔiyo ʔēsī ḏaʔ ṭērâ ḏē mīṣəráyim p̄ēr qaʔwūsī ḏē qaʔsəṭō ʔē saʔqərēfīzīʔō.

     /Ché nun favellaji cun li pateri vusteri, e nun cumannaji essi, in dì de lu fare jiscire ijo essi da terra de Miṣəráyim per causi de casto e sacrefizio./

     For I did not speak with your fathers, and I did not command them, on the day I led them out of the land of Egypt, for reasons of burnt offering or sacrifice.